Species Details

ABH: 49.120

BF: 947

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Aethes smeathmanniana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Common Marbled Straw

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 8 May (2007) — 30 Aug (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Achillea sp., Anthemis sp., Centaurea sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aethes-smeathmanniana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 46

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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